From 913457c0b2d858f7c72cd3bd9de683b550d51ad1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Vincent=20B=C3=A9ron?= Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:17:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bring documentation in sync regarding expansion of environment variables in the config file. --- documentation/PACKAGING | 3 ++- documentation/configuring.sgml | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/PACKAGING b/documentation/PACKAGING index 2028c62d0c0..7791e6f6782 100644 --- a/documentation/PACKAGING +++ b/documentation/PACKAGING @@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ currently lacking. We need: - C for the C:\ directory. Here we use the user's home directory, for most applications do see C:\ as root-writeable directory of every windows installation and this basically is it in the UNIX-user context. - Path=${HOME} + Don't forget to identify environment variables as DOS ones (ie, surrounded by '%'). + Path=%HOME% - R for the CD-Rom drive. Specify your distribution's default CD-ROM mountpoint. Path=/auto/cdrom - T for temporary storage. We do use /tmp/ (rationale: between process diff --git a/documentation/configuring.sgml b/documentation/configuring.sgml index af4d8a8255a..7528a0b6766 100644 --- a/documentation/configuring.sgml +++ b/documentation/configuring.sgml @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ [Drive C] -"Path" = "${HOME}/wine" +"Path" = "%HOME%/wine" "Type" = "hd" "Label" = "MS-DOS" "Filesystem" = "win95" @@ -1075,7 +1075,9 @@ C:\ Root directory of primary disk drive You can also make use of environment variables like $HOME here, an example for using a mywinedrive directory in your home dir would be - "Path" = "${HOME}/mywinedrive" + "Path" = "%HOME%/mywinedrive", + but don't forget to put it as a DOS environment variable, + ie surrounded by '%' signs rather than preceded by a '$'. Don't forget to leave off the trailing slash!